For the more than 6.5 million people in the United States with special health care needs, oral health is often inaccessible. The reasons are many: an under trained workforce, a lack of adapted equipment, and prohibitive costs of treatment for uninsured and underinsured. As a result, individuals with mobility restrictions, developmental disabilities, as well as long-standing medical conditions often face long wait times, sometimes spanning years, for appointments and in many cases must rely on hospital resources and general anesthesia to receive basic dental care.